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Pageburst ebook on VST. Concepts for Nursing Practice is a groundbreaking new title by Jean Giddens, a leading expert on conceptual teaching and learning in nursing education - a very important and rapidly-emerging trend. This title presents 53 of the most common physiologic, behavioral, and professional nursing concepts that are core to nursing practice. This content is organized in three units. Unit One covers patient profile concepts, which are the concepts that lay the foundation for a patient-centered approach to nursing. Unit Two, the core of the content, emphasises biophysical and psychosocial concepts that relate to individuals seeking health care. The focus of these concepts is on the health-and-illness continuum across the lifespan. Unit Three covers concepts related to professionalism and the whole of the healthcare system related to the delivery of health care, professional aspects of nursing and health policy. The ebook version includes hyperlinks to priority exemplar content found in 19 Nursing titles and 8 LPN titles.

Also available: Print book with ebook access code, $105.00

Exam copy for faculty review features four concepts, one from units I and II, and two from Unit III. This review copy is available only on Pageburst, Elsevier's digital book platform. Concepts are Family Dynamics from Unit I, Perfusion from Unit II and Communication and Clinical Judgment from Unit III.

Key Features

Content written by leading experts and edited by Dr. Jean Giddens, a nationally-recognized concept-based curricula expert, ensures the most authoritative coverage.

53 of the most important nursing concepts are clearly defined and well-illustrated.

Consistent format organizes concepts by patient-profile, health and illness, and professional nursing and health care.

Exemplar boxes identify the most important lifespan and clinical setting content.

4-color design and all-new concepts and concept illustrations visually depict the principles of each concept and how concepts relate to one another.